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authorMuhammad Bilal <meatuni001@gmail.com>2026-07-28 17:54:55 +0500
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2026-09-01 12:15:16 +0200
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staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB read in rtw_action_frame_parse()grafted
rtw_action_frame_parse() takes a frame_len parameter but never actually checks it before indexing into the frame body: const u8 *frame_body = frame + sizeof(struct ieee80211_hdr_3addr); ... c = frame_body[0]; ... a = frame_body[1]; frame_body already points 24 bytes (sizeof(struct ieee80211_hdr_3addr)) into frame, so reading frame_body[0] and frame_body[1] requires frame_len >= 26. A management action frame shorter than that (e.g. exactly 24 bytes, the minimum a malicious peer can send) causes a 1-2 byte out-of-bounds read. This is reachable from rtw_cfg80211_monitor_if_xmit_entry() and cfg80211_rtw_mgmt_tx() in ioctl_cfg80211.c, both of which pass attacker/user-influenced frame buffers and lengths straight through. Add the missing length check before frame_body is dereferenced. Fixes: 554c0a3abf216 ("staging: Add rtl8723bs sdio wifi driver") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Muhammad Bilal <meatuni001@gmail.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260728125456.32359-3-meatuni001@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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-rw-r--r--samples/workqueue/stall_detector/Makefile1
-rw-r--r--samples/workqueue/stall_detector/wq_stall.c98
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diff --git a/samples/workqueue/stall_detector/Makefile b/samples/workqueue/stall_detector/Makefile
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+obj-m += wq_stall.o
diff --git a/samples/workqueue/stall_detector/wq_stall.c b/samples/workqueue/stall_detector/wq_stall.c
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * wq_stall - Test module for the workqueue stall detector.
+ *
+ * Deliberately creates a workqueue stall so the watchdog fires and
+ * prints diagnostic output. Useful for verifying that the stall
+ * detector correctly identifies stuck workers and produces useful
+ * backtraces.
+ *
+ * The stall is triggered by clearing PF_WQ_WORKER before sleeping,
+ * which hides the worker from the concurrency manager. A second
+ * work item queued on the same pool then sits in the worklist with
+ * no worker available to process it.
+ *
+ * After ~30s the workqueue watchdog fires:
+ * BUG: workqueue lockup - pool cpus=N ...
+ *
+ * Build:
+ * make -C <kernel tree> M=samples/workqueue/stall_detector modules
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2026 Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ * Copyright (c) 2026 Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
+#include <linux/wait.h>
+#include <linux/atomic.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+
+static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(stall_wq_head);
+static atomic_t wake_condition = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
+static struct work_struct stall_work1;
+static struct work_struct stall_work2;
+
+static void stall_work2_fn(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+ pr_info("wq_stall: second work item finally ran\n");
+}
+
+static void stall_work1_fn(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+ pr_info("wq_stall: first work item running on cpu %d\n",
+ raw_smp_processor_id());
+
+ /*
+ * Queue second item while we're still counted as running
+ * (pool->nr_running > 0). Since schedule_work() on a per-CPU
+ * workqueue targets raw_smp_processor_id(), item 2 lands on the
+ * same pool. __queue_work -> kick_pool -> need_more_worker()
+ * sees nr_running > 0 and does NOT wake a new worker.
+ */
+ schedule_work(&stall_work2);
+
+ /*
+ * Hide from the workqueue concurrency manager. Without
+ * PF_WQ_WORKER, schedule() won't call wq_worker_sleeping(),
+ * so nr_running is never decremented and no replacement
+ * worker is created. Item 2 stays stuck in pool->worklist.
+ */
+ current->flags &= ~PF_WQ_WORKER;
+
+ pr_info("wq_stall: entering wait_event_idle (PF_WQ_WORKER cleared)\n");
+ pr_info("wq_stall: expect 'BUG: workqueue lockup' in ~30-60s\n");
+ wait_event_idle(stall_wq_head, atomic_read(&wake_condition) != 0);
+
+ /* Restore so process_one_work() cleanup works correctly */
+ current->flags |= PF_WQ_WORKER;
+ pr_info("wq_stall: woke up, PF_WQ_WORKER restored\n");
+}
+
+static int __init wq_stall_init(void)
+{
+ pr_info("wq_stall: loading\n");
+
+ INIT_WORK(&stall_work1, stall_work1_fn);
+ INIT_WORK(&stall_work2, stall_work2_fn);
+ schedule_work(&stall_work1);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void __exit wq_stall_exit(void)
+{
+ pr_info("wq_stall: unloading\n");
+ atomic_set(&wake_condition, 1);
+ wake_up(&stall_wq_head);
+ flush_work(&stall_work1);
+ flush_work(&stall_work2);
+ pr_info("wq_stall: all work flushed, module unloaded\n");
+}
+
+module_init(wq_stall_init);
+module_exit(wq_stall_exit);
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Reproduce workqueue stall caused by PF_WQ_WORKER misuse");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>");